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Special Intro: Gates McFadden - Dr. Crusher from Star Trek 
Film at 11: IF (2024) 
Book IT: Star Trek: Picard: Firewall (2024) by David Mack 
Scroll with it: All eyes on AI this week with Google I/O 2024 rolling out their latest version of Gemini and OpenAI giving the world ChatGPT 4o. It’s Geek Pride Day this weekend. Get out and show your pride! 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms52124

Special Intro: Audrey Niffenegger – Author of The Time Traveler’s Wife 
Film at 11: Challengers (2024) 
Book IT: Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture (2022) by Kevin Munger 
Scroll with it: Apple has a new faster, thinner, nicer iPad. Boy Scouts of America is changing their name to Scouting America. Mark Hamill is coming to Chicago this Summer. 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms51424

Special Intro: Neve McIntosh - Madame Vastra from Doctor Who 
Film at 11: The Fall Guy (2024) 
Adventures in a Black Box: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson (The Goodman Theatre)
Book IT: Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization (2024) by Brad Wilcox 
Scroll with it: It’s graduation time for the class of 2024. We are so proud of you all! Caleb Williams is a Chicago Bear. Doctor Who is coming to Disney+ this week. Get ready for Whacking Day on Friday and Mother’s Day on Sunday. 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms5724

Special Intro: Ben Hollis – Host of Wild Chicago on WTTW in Chicago  
Film at 11: Sasquatch Sunset (2024) 
Book IT: As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling (2013) by Anne Serling 
Scroll with it: It’s graduation time for the class of 2024. We are so proud of you all! Streaming TV is changing and net neutrality is back. Happy #Maythe4th this week along with #FreeComicBookDay, #CincodeMayo, and Orthodox Easter. That is a recipe for a great weekend.
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms43024

Special Intro: Filmmaker David Giancola 
Film at 11: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) 
Book IT: The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics (2023) by Richard Hanania 
Scroll with it: Endless Shrimp may end Red Lobster. Celebrate this weekend with Chicago’s big convention, C2E2, and the rebirth of Arena Football! 
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms42324

Special Intro: “Blue” Lou Marini 
Film at 11: Civil War (2024) 
Book IT: The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic (2024) by Daniel de Visé 
Scroll with it: It’s the 16th today, Dear. Happy 60th Anniversary to Sybil and Basil Fawlty tomorrow, the 17th of April. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues in his new book The Anxious Generation, replacing play and exploration with screen-scrolling isolation has led to an epidemic of mental illness. On Monday, April 8, 2024, Patrick Moriarty fulfilled a promise from 1978 when about 100 former students watched the total solar eclipse from the driveway of his Rochester, N.Y., home. Our community can make a difference!!
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms41624